“Excuse my credulity, but I am what is called a primitive.”

— Henri Rousseau

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About Henri Rousseau

Painter • French

Henri Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter who worked in a Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax...

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